Person found dead after West Adams backyard explosion
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Updated · NBC Los Angeles · May 10
Person found dead after West Adams backyard explosion
12 articles · Updated · NBC Los Angeles · May 10
Los Angeles police responding around 6 a.m. to the 2400 block of 9th Avenue found the body and said two others were injured.
Authorities removed a large amount of fireworks from the property after neighbors reported booming blasts, shaking homes and seeing fireworks shoot from a back unit that burned.
Evacuated residents were later allowed home once officials said the danger had passed, while LAPD bomb squad and arson investigators continued examining the cause and death.
What 'possible criminality' are LAPD detectives investigating at the $1.3 million home where the fatal explosion occurred?
After last year's deadly blast, how did another illegal fireworks cache go undetected in a dense LA neighborhood?
With all fireworks illegal in LA, will this tragedy force California to finally disrupt the underground supply chain?